Zach Cornell

To start, tell us a little bit about yourself

Give us your name, where you're from, and what you do. My name is Zach Cornell

I'm from Atlanta, Georgia, and I am a marketing manager. What's your reaction to getting to play Big Brother

I am so excited to be on Big Brother. It's been a dream of mine, and I really just have fallen in love with the show

I am so fired up to actually be in the house. I

Like I know that everybody's gonna come in there day one and just be this crazy energetic mess

And so i'm gonna use that to my advantage I'm already thinking strategy right now when it comes to it because people are going to want to be out there

People are going to want to show themselves. So i'm going to use that to my advantage

Hopefully we have somebody too crazy to vote out week one and uh look man i'm just blessed and i'm really happy to be here so

Why will you win Big Brother? I really do feel like I am the complete package

And I don't say that in a cocky way. I just know that from all the different steps in my life

I mean, I was a pastor's kid that grew up very shy in a very sheltered home

And I had to come out of my shell when I got to college, right? I mean, it was my first day in college when I saw somebody smoking weed for the first time, right

So I had to really adapt. And then you ultimately move from there to into professional baseball, right

You're living with seven people in the same house all at once, you know

And so there's a lot of different aspects in my life that I've had to really change myself

to understand what's going on in my environment. And ultimately, that is going to be the number one reason why I'm going to win Big Brother

right? I feel like this is always an ever-changing game. And when I see people there in day 45, sleeping, taking a nap, not really paying attention to

their surroundings, it drives me insane. as somebody who is a competitor, who somebody really appreciates the show, I just know that

I'm always going to be on my feet. Whether it is like, you know, working out, I'm going to make

sure that I'm always there with somebody, right? Or if it is somebody that is not even, you know

closely related to me that has different, you know, likes and dislikes, I'm going to be that

person that is going to be there for them. I have an interest of getting to know everybody. I'm

really interested in getting to know all their deepest, darkest secrets. And I know ultimately

that is what it's going to take to win big brother so that is why I'm going to

win big brother what's your strategy going into the game so I mean look when

it comes to my strategy entering into the house I know that I will be perceived

as a threat day one I am somebody that is more athletically built somebody that can really interact well with other people around them and so I am going to really push me being a pastor kid week one I want to be somebody

that you feel like you can trust immediately when you get into the house, because I know

that people are going to be worried if people like them, if they dislike them, especially

when it's 15 random people that you've never met before. Right. And so week one, I plan on laying

low. I want to be that person that is there just kind of holding your hand, somebody that you feel

like you can talk to in a very stress-free environment every single day, right? And I don't

want to be the type of person that is the, hey, like, let's create this alliance. I want you to

be the person to tell me that, right? And so week one, I do want to lay low for that reason. Hopefully

there are a bunch of crazies in there. Hopefully there's another Angela that, you know, goes off

the deep end and is ultimately the person that would kick out week one, right? And so that's my

ultimate goal, build those deeper relationships. And then once we get into weeks two, three, four

that's when you really start to see these alliances form. That's what I ultimately want to do. I want

to be in there with a final two with somebody that you would have no idea who that person is

or you would have, you would never be able to guess them. Right. And so I want to have that

final two. I want to be in a bunch of different alliances with people that I feel like I can

relate to as well. So I am going to play a much more risky game when it comes to really interacting

with people and trying to create those alliances. But honestly, I feel like that's your best case

scenario to win the entire thing. And that's what I'm going for. I'm here to win it, not to get

second, third, or fourth. What are your biggest strengths? Yeah. So when it comes to strengths

I feel like I'm very confident in myself when it comes to being a very athletic person

being somebody that can be the center of the room to really start conversations

I feel like I am that person, right? And so I do know that there are weaknesses that come with it

but when it comes to really being an instigator, I am that person

What are your biggest weaknesses? Well, when it comes to weaknesses, I also know that the way that I can play can be a threat as well

If you are somebody that is too far out there when it comes to trying to interact with people

If you are the person that is trying to start the alliance, people can perceive that as a threat

So I know that it can be a double-edged sword being somebody that is very confident in the game

So I'm going to have to use it very carefully and very wisely when I get into the house

Do you plan on keeping any secrets about yourself from the other house guests You know I was deciding whether or not if I was going to reveal that I played professional baseball in the Washington nationals organization but I honestly feel like I can use it as a strength

So I will be revealing it when I get into the house. So no, to answer your question, there won't be anything that I will be holding as a secret

What are you bringing to the show that nobody has seen before? I'm going to be that person that is an all around player, right

I know that in last season, you had people like McKenzie, who was a challenge beast

or you had somebody like Chelsea who ended up winning the show. That was somebody that was working behind the scenes and really dictating the flow of the game

And I want to be that person that combines the two, right? I really appreciate what Tucker did last season, flipping the house upside down

And so my goal ultimately is to go in there and be all three at once, right

I feel like I've watched enough Big Brother. I've watched enough competition shows to realize when you need to take that step forward and when you need to really reel it back

Right. So to be somebody that you've never seen before, my ultimate goal is to be all three of those people from last season

What makes Big Brother such a successful show after 25 years? I wouldn't say I am becoming a super fan. Right

And so like when it comes to Big Brother, I feel like it is the most raw and authentic show out there

I mean, you are stuck there for 90 days with the same people

A lot of these shows only last for three weeks, right? And so you really have to grit and grind your way through this show because it's all about

mental stability in this house. And I really appreciate that about Big Brother because you always have to stay on your toes

because you never know what the next step is. And you have no idea what, you know, Big Brother is going to throw at you

You know, it's all about surprises. And that's what I really appreciate about Big Brother

Why will you be the player to watch this season? I'm going to be the one to watch this summer because I am going to be that person that comes in there with charm

I will be the person that will be flirting it up with fellow people, getting along with other people

and being that person that everyone feels like that they can come to, right

And when it is time to flip the house upside down, when it is time to really dig my heels

in and win those veto challenges, I am going to win them, right? If there is somebody that needs me as a pawn when it comes to an alliance, I'm not afraid

to do it if it is for the right scenario. And I am very much so willing to play the game on the edge, right

And that what I know America wants to see That what I envision myself coming into the house being able to do And so that the reason why people are going to want to tune in So would you be open for a showmance

I am gearing up for very beautiful women to come into this house. Now I will say this

my mom is very, uh, religious and she's Filipino. And she told me, she's like, Zach

if I see you even sleeping next to another girl, when you get back to our house

I'm going to murder you. So I do have that in the back of my head when it comes to

uh a showmance but look i already told her i said i'm gonna do whatever it takes to win the 750 000

and uh if i do happen to find love in the process then i'm i'm more than thrilled so

we just i know that's gonna be lingering in my mind as i uh start to talk to women my age in the

house so will you be more of a hero or a villain in the house being a hero or a villain it really

just comes down to who am I in the house with? I'm going to be honest with you because, um

I, I, I view like somebody like a Tucker as somebody, you know, in the house with the other

people, people in the house with him, view him as a villain. However, as somebody that's watching

like in America, we viewed him as a hero, or at least I did. Right. And so it's going to come

down to the scenarios when we get into it. Um, and I'm not afraid to turn on people. So you could

really perceive me as a villain when it comes to it because I'm not afraid to turn on people

lie, cheat, steal, do whatever it takes to win. What's on your big brother bucket list

Honestly, my BB bucket list is to win head of household. I feel like that is the number one

thing that I've always dreamt of, especially, you know, growing up. And so, yeah, that is my number

one thing to do. What will be the easiest and hardest parts of being a house guest

I feel like the easiest thing being a house guest this summer is actually to get along with everybody

However, the hardest thing is to get along with everybody for 90 days

Because I know by day 60, there's going to be somebody that pisses me off by either not putting their, you know, their plates away or something like that

And it's going to irritate me. So the ultimate goal is to stay even keeled. What are some standout moments for you from the past 25 years of Big Brother

the two biggest things that I really enjoyed was when Zach in season 16 called out Devin

and made fun of pow pow at the same time I found that absolutely hilarious and then in this most

recent season I love Tucker's run when Tucker ran through and flipped the house upside down

that is something that I've always envisioned for myself and yeah I want to do the same thing